# Accident 19870715034799A: Piper PA12, Spencer Lake, ME, July 15, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 1987, 20:10 local time
- Place: Spencer Lake, ME
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N4202M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4202M-1988-05-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA12
- Reported engine: LYC O235C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 908 total, 374 in this make and model, 62 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC87LA205](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA205) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870715034799A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ENCOUNTERED A DOWNDRAFT NEAR A RIDGE. UNABLE TO RECOVER. STRUCK TREES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC87LA205](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA205), Jul 16, 1987: Piper PA-12 (N4202M), Spencer Lake, ME, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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